The trauma of the AIDS patient, admitted in Patna Medical College and Hospital, is far from over.

Though doctors with the surgery department transferred the case to the urology department on Tuesday morning, the sister-in-charge at the department did not admit the patient. His relatives are now running from pillar to post for his immediate treatment. The Telegraph had reported about the mental agony of the patient and his relatives in the January 20 edition.

The 30-year-old patient, a resident of Fatuha (around 18km east of Patna), is unable to urinate properly because of ruptured urethra. The patient's urinary tract surgery needs to be done immediately but at PMCH, where he is admitted since January 16, his case is yet to be taken up by the 'right doctor'.

According to the PMCH administration, the case needs to be looked after by the urology department doctors but he was admitted in the surgery department. On Tuesday when the surgery department transferred the case to the urology department, the sister-in-charge did not admit the patient citing 'there was no doctor in the department during that time and was unable to admit the patient without doctor's consent' excuse.

Sudhanshu Singh, the deputy superintendent of PMCH, however, admitted that the sister-in-charge could have informed the urology department over the phone and then the doctor concerned would have taken a final call.

'When the surgery department transferred the case to urology, the patient should have been admitted to the urology department. According to the rule, the sister-in-charge should consult the doctor concerned of the urology department and then admit the patient. In case a doctor is not present, she should inform the doctor over the phone about the matter. But in this case, the sister-in-charge directly told the patient's relatives that he could not be admitted because the doctor was not present. This is wrong. I would make sure that the doctor concerned of the urology department looks after the case,' Singh said. ?

The patient's relatives confirmed that till 5pm on Tuesday, the doctors of the urology department did not take up his case. His father Surendra Prasad said: 'The delay indicates that hospitals in the state has nothing to do with the sufferings of AIDS patients.'